Mefitis "Emberdawn"

[Pentagrimes]

One of the best metal records I've heard this year by some distance. Amazing melodic death/black metal clearly inspired by the earliest Gothenburg stuff (ATG pre "Terminal", Dissection, Eucharist, Dawn, and especially the first Dark Tranquility demo/lp), some "North From Here" era Sentenced, but still pretty much has a personality of its' own,  Sits on the fence between the two genres perfectly, has it all - atmosphere, melody, manges to be complex without being wanky. Really good soundtrack for this weather too I find.

Not a lot of bands doing this style anyway never mind about doing it this well, really flowing and well written stuff. Art by the lad who did the Demilich and Adramalech album covers back in the day.

Check it out, well worth a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqBC0TmVQz8

[koper]

Killer stuff, learned about Them via DeathMetal.org, which in recent years became this rather weird corner of the Internet, but once in a while they do dig up some gold.

Very, very good record indeed, I've  been listening to this throughout last month on bandcamp and liked it more each time. May not be exactly the album of the decade those clowns from aforementioned site make it out to be, but well worth of time of everyone into Finnish DM or Darkthrone's debut.

[Slaughterday]

Gonna give this a bump. Was very late to the party with Mefitis, but the newest one 'Offscourings' is absolutely unreal.

https://thetruemefitis.bandcamp.com/album/offscourings

Great band, really unique.

[Pentagrimes]

The fact this band are without a decent record deal while the likes of Frozen Soul or Gatecreeper or whoever are having money pumped into them is outrageous.

[open face surgery]

Ya, both cuntish. Have had this liked on Spotify for a few weeks but am yet to press play.

[Eoin McLove]

I had them down as a brutal tech death kind of band for some reason. The description above has made me curious so I'm going to give them a spin. That artwork,  though... really... And I'm typing that while wearing my Mystic Charm t-shirt and all!

Edit. Listening to Emberdawn and it sounds good alright. Not a million miles stylistically from Vircolac, in fact.

[Trev]

Listening to a few songs on bandcamp now, nothing hugely original but still enjoying it, might need a few more spins to sink in properly

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Gonna give this a bump. Was very late to the party with Mefitis, but the newest one 'Offscourings' is absolutely unreal.

https://thetruemefitis.bandcamp.com/album/offscourings

Great band, really unique.

I'm even later to the party than you! Just checking out this Offscourings album now for the first time as Artificial Brain gave it a shout out on their FB page earlier today. It's fucking class! Supposedly due to get a vinyl release later this year.

[Pentagrimes]

HON THE FUCKIN' TOWN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzBS6t3pEto

And it's on Profound Lore, so we'll actually be able to get it..maybe?I'm off to see if  preorders are up

[Pentagrimes]

ah yeah, tis up now, preoredered the shit out of it, a thing I'm usually loathe to do.


also "Offscourings" is still available on vinyl here, shipping from France, if any other fellow nerds are after a copy:

https://hessianfirm.bigcartel.com/produc...ings-vinyl

[ldj]

Enjoyed that track, just threw on Offscourings now. Good gear.

[Slaughterday]

Will definitely be picking this LP up. Better artwork for this one too, offscourings had a sort of shitty Bohemian Rhapsody cover so didn't mind sticking with the CD for that.

[Pentagrimes]

Yeah.. having listened to this almost continuously since yesterday evening, this might have BloodInc beat for album of the year for me. So good.

[open face surgery]

Started it last night and back to it now. Very enjoyable so far.

[Pentagrimes]

The Burton C Bell gone opera vocals may grate on some but I dunno, they just add to the grandeur of it to me.

I'd say these lads are absolutely no craic, but the music is spectacular